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Barb, you don't have to have Parkinsonism to have that reaction to combid any thing like it the exact same thing happened to me years ago. I could not even stand the sound of my husbands breathing or the feel of my PJs. Really awful. I went into another bedroom and stripped and waited and waited-that form is long acting. I avoid it and insist that my grown kids do. I know I can insist and insist and most grown kids do what they want, but they have been warned. Nita Barbara Mallut wrote: > Camilla, Wendy, et al... > > Compazine is a MAJOR "no-no" for folks having PD!! It can exacerbate the PD > symptoms to an unbelievable level of discomfort! > > I'd discovered, many years prior to the accident and subsequent > hospitalization, that I had adverse reactions to Compazine 'cause I'd been > given a drug called "COMBID," a drug composed partly of Compazine, during my > second pregnancy about 30 years ago, and had a terrible reaction. There was > PD-like tremor, stiffness, and hallucinations which lasted several days after > Id' stopped taking the Combed. > > At that time, my MD told me I was "allergic" to Compazine, and to NEVER take > it again. Heeding his words, thereafter, when giving my personal medical > information to a doctor or hospital, I ALWAYS stated I was allergic to > Compazine and to drugs containing Compazine. > > In my "pre-diagnosis-but-having-some-undiagnosed-PD-symptoms-days" I was > given Compazine in error while in the hospital due to a horseback riding > accident. > > That experience was one of the single-most terrible medical-related episodes > I've EVER had!! It was absolutely NO consolation to me when the MD and > charge nurse both came into my room - where I was all a-tremor, clawing at my > skin which felt "creepy," and thought I was floating on the ceiling - and > apologized, saying I'd mistakenly been given Compazine the previous night by a > nurse who hadn't correctly read my chart which clearly stated I was allergic > to that drug. > > I don't know if every Parkies experience with Compazine would be similar to > mine, but I suspect it would be. > > ALSO - people who don't have and NEVER have PD have been known to get > temporary Parkinson's-LIKE symptoms occasionally when prescribed Compazine. > This drug - while beneficial to many - is KNOWN to cause random PD-like > symptoms to SOME of those prescribed it. It's not known WHO would get that > negative reaction until AFTER they get the reaction. > > So, based upon MY experience, I'd advise if'n ya have PD, avoid Compazine like > the plague!!! > > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask] > > ---------- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Camilla Flintermann > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 1998 6:55 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN > Subject: Re: NEWS:Drug-induced parkinsonism > > Wendy-- I think I recall that compazine is a "no-no-drug" for PWPs, > whatever that says in your situation. > > >I KNOW that a severe reaction that I had to the drug compazine years ago > >definitely had to play a large part in the damage that ultimately led to my > >pd. I've had a few people tell me, when I've brought it up, that it only > >unmasked something that was already there. That may be true, but I would've > >much preferred had it been unmasked at 80, rather than 25 or so. A big > >difference, in my opinion. > > > >Wendy > > Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 80/9 > Oxford,OH > <[log in to unmask]> > http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm > > ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** > > ** Ask me about the CARE list for ** > > ** Parkinson's caregivers ! ** > > ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **